Yep we’re still in Dutch Harbor. We just couldnt leave, haha. We have been in t-shirts until less than a week ago. Blue skys and sun. Its hard to leave. We have picked more blueberries. Hiked. Fished. We finally learned to catch halibut. We have to give a huge shout […]
Marj
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Yes the wind is increasing, the temperature is dropping, and the rainy to sunny day ratio is 3 to 1, respectively. Today is a misty day but the weather forecast looks good, so we are off to cruise around Kodiak another month. Marj had a safe flight home and we […]
We post updates to our WordPress website and Facebook using a Jetpack plugin Post-By-Email feature. Yesterday as we arrived in Kodiak City we realized the plugin magically disconnected, so none of our post were reaching our website. Our apologies for flooding post from the last week. While in Seal Bay […]
Bluefox Bay turned out to be a disappointment in regards to fish and deer. We found two signs that said no fishing on the opposite sides of our anchorage. We can only assume the no fishing signs were to protect the abundant amount of otters and seals in the bay. […]
If you are visiting Alaska and you want to see bears we highly recommend you take a plane or boat to Geographic Harbor. Our first day searching for bears was very rainy. Marj and Sara gave up and Wade went ahead to scout out for bears in the area. He […]
Today we crossed the 60 mile channel from Kodiak Island to the Alaska Peninsula and anchored in Geographic Harbor. This location is reputably “THE” place to go for viewing Alaskan Brown Bears and one of the most photographed spots in Alaska. Not only are there many bears, but people watch […]
We finally left St. Paul Harbor for Geographic Harbor today. To break up the trip we stopped for the night at an abandoned town on Afognak Island called Litnik. As we pulled in the bay we spotted several otters, harbor seals, and jelly fish. We really wanted to go fishing […]
We arrived at St. Paul Marina Kodiak Island just in time to miss the heavy winds. The following day we searched the town on foot in the pouring rain for a new water pump for our reverse air conditioning (boat heater) to no avail, so we have a new pump […]